(Aramaic, hagal dema, field of blood)
Name given to the potter's field, purchased with the price of the treason of Judas to be a burial-place for strangers (Matthew 27; Acts 1). Tradition places it south of Mount Sion.
(Aramaic, hagal dema, field of blood)
Name given to the potter's field, purchased with the price of the treason of Judas to be a burial-place for strangers (Matthew 27; Acts 1). Tradition places it south of Mount Sion.
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